† releˈvavith Obs. rare.
[ad. L. relevāvit ‘he has relieved’, 3rd sing. perf. indic. of relevāre: see relieve v. 8.]
= relief2 1. Also fig.
| 1546 State Papers Hen. VIII, I. ii. 840, I see not any greate lightlywod, that any good summe will comm in, tyl after Christmas, and then no more then the releuauithes [printed relevainthes]. 1562 J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. D iij, The one knaue now croucheth, while thother crauith. But to shew what shalbe his releuauith [etc.]. |